Old Testament · History

Ezra

Written by Ezra the scribe. Written for Exiles coming back to Jerusalem.

Big picture in three sentences

Ezra tells how God keeps his promise and lets the temple be rebuilt.

Enemies try to stop the work, and the people have to start again with courage.

Ezra reads the law aloud and the people weep, then feast, because they understand it.

Ezra set his heart to study God's word, obey it, and teach it.

Key verse · Ezra 7:10

“For Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.”